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mitch mcconnell actually saying he was basically open to it. i'm not taking this as wow, the republicans have reinvented themselves and this is a nuj republican party and a huge change for the future. this is an aaffirmation about something about how the system is supposed to work. this is why i thought was most important in this election was what were the tactics of the republican party the last four years. their opposition party tactics of total obstruction to politically destroying the president of the other party. were those tactics validated. if they won power back by doing that, it will normally behavior by the opposition party our system is not billed for. the behavior of the republican for the last four years works in a british system where the only function of the opposition party is to oppose and obstruct any way they can. they just oppose. here the opposition party has a real meaningful role. they have to govern in some way. what i see from republicans are signs that they are going to return at least in the near term to being an actu
mitch mcconnell actually saying he was basically open to it. i'm not taking this as wow, the republicans have reinvented themselves and this is a nuj republican party and a huge change for the future. this is an aaffirmation about something about how the system is supposed to work. this is why i thought was most important in this election was what were the tactics of the republican party the last four years. their opposition party tactics of total obstruction to politically destroying the...
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mcconnell for writing an op-ed that riddled with lies. >> he is absolutely lying. mitch is a very clever mission politician! and he ain't going to fight you. >> he isn't going to fight me. which you know, that's too bad because my constituents and his constituents deserve that kind of conversation. >> given the falsehoods in his editorial and his complete disregard for americans without health insurance, i think the possibility of him ever debating with him has gone the way of all flesh, isn't it? >> i think that's right and first of all, let me say it would be a great honor for me to serve with tammy duckworth when she's elected in november. she'll be a great congresswoman. but going back to health care, mitch, he'll state now, he's traveling around among hospitals trying to talk about the affordable care act and he's getting quite a lot of pushback because when you talk at repealing the affordable care act and for instance, the pblty that a state might opt out of expanded medicaid, you're talking about revenue that's lost for hospitals. the hospitals can't be dec
mcconnell for writing an op-ed that riddled with lies. >> he is absolutely lying. mitch is a very clever mission politician! and he ain't going to fight you. >> he isn't going to fight me. which you know, that's too bad because my constituents and his constituents deserve that kind of conversation. >> given the falsehoods in his editorial and his complete disregard for americans without health insurance, i think the possibility of him ever debating with him has gone the way of...
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an obvious inequality what's wrong with giving employers a little extra incentive to fix that mitch mcconnell says he has no time for lawsuits well when they'd be more likely to disappear if companies were prodded into ending pay discrimination and we keep emails from taking action from knowing why they're not being treated the same that i think it's pretty obvious that discrimination is still alive and well in the workplace and something needs to be done about it meanwhile center republicans they just want to sleep all under the rug because businesses get hurt and guess what businesses donate a lot more during elections and so that's why we're giving them tonight's tool time award. i just ahead we have happy hour we're going to tell you about a new way to raise chicks and on top of being defeated by walker last night tom barrett got a nasty little slap across the face on the right back with a video. of american power continues. things that are. might be revolution. and it's going to be very good. for him. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then
an obvious inequality what's wrong with giving employers a little extra incentive to fix that mitch mcconnell says he has no time for lawsuits well when they'd be more likely to disappear if companies were prodded into ending pay discrimination and we keep emails from taking action from knowing why they're not being treated the same that i think it's pretty obvious that discrimination is still alive and well in the workplace and something needs to be done about it meanwhile center republicans...
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yourself, how do you assess what's going to happen with republicans like speaker john boehner and mitch mcconnell? how does the president persuade them to lay down their pledges to grover norquist and commit to the nation? >> well, ultimately the president is not going to persuade them. ultimately the voters have to persuade them. i think john boehner and a few others in the republican party have got to tell eric cantor and paul ryan and michele bachmann and a lot of the tea partiers in that party, if you continue to insist that taxes are not going to be increased on the rich, we are not going to ever gain or regain control of the senate. we're going to lose control of the house in 2014, 2016. we're going to become a permanent minority party because it makes no sense to most americans. >> hit them where it hurts. professor robert reich, thank you. >>> next, how far will the president go in the showdown against john mccain. >>> but first, hampton pearson has the cnbc market wrap. good afternoon. >> good afternoon. we saw stocks move lower again on more wall street fears of going over the fiscal cl
yourself, how do you assess what's going to happen with republicans like speaker john boehner and mitch mcconnell? how does the president persuade them to lay down their pledges to grover norquist and commit to the nation? >> well, ultimately the president is not going to persuade them. ultimately the voters have to persuade them. i think john boehner and a few others in the republican party have got to tell eric cantor and paul ryan and michele bachmann and a lot of the tea partiers in...
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senate majority leader mitch mcconnell told akin when the future of our country is at stake, sorry is not sufficient. the republican party withdrew $5 million and the karl rove super pac american cross roads withdrew all funds in the pipeline for akin. >> there's no way he can recover in my opinion. so our group decided if he remains the nominee there's no reason to throw good money after bad by trying to win this seat. >> reporter: before this controversy, republicans were certain they could beat mccaskill and possibly win a majority in the senate. now the missouri seat is in play and democrats are using akin to rekindle the abortion rights debate. in tampa, republicans preparing for next week's convention called for a human life amendment granting legal rights to the unborn which democrats say could result in a ban on abortion nationwide without exception for rape and incest. democratic candidates like elizabeth warren in massachusetts are making abortion rights a national issue, even though her opponent, senator scott brown, supports abortion rights and has criticized akin. >> the
senate majority leader mitch mcconnell told akin when the future of our country is at stake, sorry is not sufficient. the republican party withdrew $5 million and the karl rove super pac american cross roads withdrew all funds in the pipeline for akin. >> there's no way he can recover in my opinion. so our group decided if he remains the nominee there's no reason to throw good money after bad by trying to win this seat. >> reporter: before this controversy, republicans were certain...
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you mentioned speaker boehner, the other thing to watch out for is the fact senator mcconnell, normally a kaubs, very cautious politician by nature will look over his shoulder to make sure he doesn't face a tea party challenge. all of that together, i think, makes it a toxic atmosphere and something we will have to all watch carefully. >> now you -- do you believe that the president is giving up leverage if the republicans don't believe he'll go over the cliff? >> yes. >> and you think he has sent a message that he's willing to go over the cliff? >> i think he sent the message and i'm prepared to reiterate that. >> you think the president is willing to go over the cliff? >> i believe that he is prepared -- >> i have not heard that from him. >> you are looking at the fact that come january 1st if there's no agreement taxes will go up on everyone. including the middle class. i think that's a politically unsustainable position. that the republicans are going to come to regret but, yes, you're right. you haven't heard it yet from the president. he needs to keep his flexibility open as we go
you mentioned speaker boehner, the other thing to watch out for is the fact senator mcconnell, normally a kaubs, very cautious politician by nature will look over his shoulder to make sure he doesn't face a tea party challenge. all of that together, i think, makes it a toxic atmosphere and something we will have to all watch carefully. >> now you -- do you believe that the president is giving up leverage if the republicans don't believe he'll go over the cliff? >> yes. >> and...
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second, what's going on here is that after the fog of political combat for 3 1/2 years where mitch mcconnell summarized the republican strategy which was to fight for failure, to make his first agenda to make obama a one-term president. we're starting to assign responsibility and the republicans are beginning to pay the price. they have done nothing. >> indeed. now, house democrats today sent a letter to speaker boehner begging him, begging him not to adjourn for seven weeks since there's so much that could be done. but i have to assume that in his mind, obstructionism works just as well from his home state as it does from capitol hill, so he's not going to do anything about that, is he? >> that's exactly right. he's giving us the choice to stay here and get nothing done, that's the choice he's denying us now. we're to go home and get nothing done. as i say, the bottom line is they have fought for failure. the american people were fed up with all of us and rightly so because from their perspective they want us to do our job and when we don't even vote on a farm bill, you can't defend not eve
second, what's going on here is that after the fog of political combat for 3 1/2 years where mitch mcconnell summarized the republican strategy which was to fight for failure, to make his first agenda to make obama a one-term president. we're starting to assign responsibility and the republicans are beginning to pay the price. they have done nothing. >> indeed. now, house democrats today sent a letter to speaker boehner begging him, begging him not to adjourn for seven weeks since there's...
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i want to play for you mitch mcconnell, talking about the topic of immigration. >> ah-ha. >> just listen to this. >> think we'll wait until we hear what governor romney has to say on this issue. others behind me may want to address it. my view is he's the leader of our party from now until november and we hope beyond and we'll wait and see what he has to say about it. >> now a few months ago we had people on like herman cain say there's an electrified fence with alligators. now we'll wait until mitt romney will be elected. >> they are smart enough to realize the numbers are so big with the hispanic electorate. it's a smart group ready to listen and today was the opportunity for mitt romney to finally shed some light into the must, you know, much anticipated solution that we were hoping he was going to give us today as a voter base, yet he missed that opportunity. so i think his party was also respecting, okay he's our leader, let's see, let's not mess it up because mark rubio and others say temper your voice with this voter base because they are listening. it's such a contrast to what th
i want to play for you mitch mcconnell, talking about the topic of immigration. >> ah-ha. >> just listen to this. >> think we'll wait until we hear what governor romney has to say on this issue. others behind me may want to address it. my view is he's the leader of our party from now until november and we hope beyond and we'll wait and see what he has to say about it. >> now a few months ago we had people on like herman cain say there's an electrified fence with...
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>> i guess -- you always ask that question, except to mitch mcconnell. >> excuse me, you, mr. hoyer, mr. clyburn, you're all over 70. is it going to prohibit younger leadership from moving forward. >> so you're suggesting that everybody step aside? >> i'm simply saying, does this -- >> i think that what you will see, and let's, for a moment, honor it as a legitimate question. although it's quite offensive. but you don't realize that, i guess. the fact is, the fact is, is that everything that i have done in my almost decade of leadership is to elect younger and newer people to the congress. in my own personal experience, it was very important for me to elect young women. i came to congress when my youngest child, alexandra, was a senior in high school, practically on her way to college. i knew that my male colleagues had come when they were 30. they had a jump on me, because they didn't have to -- i did what i wanted to do. i was blessed to have that opportunity, to sequentially raise my family and then come to congress. but i wanted women to be here in greater numbers at an ea
>> i guess -- you always ask that question, except to mitch mcconnell. >> excuse me, you, mr. hoyer, mr. clyburn, you're all over 70. is it going to prohibit younger leadership from moving forward. >> so you're suggesting that everybody step aside? >> i'm simply saying, does this -- >> i think that what you will see, and let's, for a moment, honor it as a legitimate question. although it's quite offensive. but you don't realize that, i guess. the fact is, the fact...
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they're mitch mcconnell's defense cuts. they're the defense cuts of the vast majority of republicans in the house and the senate. and that is because it comes from the budget control act of last year. and how did we get to that? well, the republicans said they were going to throw the country into default unless the democrats agreed to certain cuts. and if the super committee didn't reach a deal, they had to agree to these automatic cuts. the reason they're in place is because the republicans held the country hostage last year. >> right. so romney and his prendes in congress want to increase defense spending by more than $2 trillion. but he also wants to cut taxes on individuals and large corporations. has he even explained where the money would come from to pay for the military spending? >> no. but we figured it out for him. if you do the math on this. so if you're going to have the kind of tax cuts that he has endorsed in paul ryan's budget, and you're going to increase military spending by $2.1 trillion over ten years, yo
they're mitch mcconnell's defense cuts. they're the defense cuts of the vast majority of republicans in the house and the senate. and that is because it comes from the budget control act of last year. and how did we get to that? well, the republicans said they were going to throw the country into default unless the democrats agreed to certain cuts. and if the super committee didn't reach a deal, they had to agree to these automatic cuts. the reason they're in place is because the republicans...
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i don't. >> we heard it from senator mitch mcconnell. he said democrats are making promises they can't keep and they are writing checks they can't cash. your party under barack obama has become a tax and spend party. a big government party which is unpopular. the guy can't get past 45, 46 he polls. i think you're in trouble, howard dean. i think paul ryan is going to illustrate with facts, truth and figures exactly how much trouble y'all are in. >> first of all, mitch mcconnell said "no" to every reform that came through the senate. he's mr. no the entire time. it's irresponsible. his only goal as the senate minority leader is to get rid of barack obama's president e si. that's not the right thing to do for america. that's first. secondly, barack obama has cut taxes for middle class people. and there is no plan to do it at all by the republicans. so, look, these guys -- >> only temporarily. >> these guys are in the pockets of big corporations financing their campaigns that i don't trust at all. >> oh, all right. >> lots of money going in
i don't. >> we heard it from senator mitch mcconnell. he said democrats are making promises they can't keep and they are writing checks they can't cash. your party under barack obama has become a tax and spend party. a big government party which is unpopular. the guy can't get past 45, 46 he polls. i think you're in trouble, howard dean. i think paul ryan is going to illustrate with facts, truth and figures exactly how much trouble y'all are in. >> first of all, mitch mcconnell said...
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john cornyn and mitch mcconnell tried to get involved in primaries in 2009 with charlie crist in florida and anybody but rand paul. and they've got bitten and stayed out sings. and now they're in a situation like this. although they stayed out in the missouri republican party and they had a clear favorite here. >> it wasn't todd akin. >> i don't know. i'm not sure they could have tipped it. they don't have more control over this guy for having let him win. >> but you can kweez people out of races if you have some type of power. the party is going to do this. what incentive -- why should he listen to people who never wanted him to win the nomination? >> when you look at how the primary went down, it was a three-way race but really an eight-way race. he won 230,000 people. in missouri, that's 3.3% of the population. this guy was not voted in by a mandate. he barely made it in. i'm not sure he was the consensus vote for all conservatives. when sean hannity is calling for you to consider your country and do the right thing, i think it's clear that there's no -- there's no sort of rallying ar
john cornyn and mitch mcconnell tried to get involved in primaries in 2009 with charlie crist in florida and anybody but rand paul. and they've got bitten and stayed out sings. and now they're in a situation like this. although they stayed out in the missouri republican party and they had a clear favorite here. >> it wasn't todd akin. >> i don't know. i'm not sure they could have tipped it. they don't have more control over this guy for having let him win. >> but you can kweez...
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that's what mitch mcconnell is doing. >> always. great to have you with us. >> thank you. >> there's a lot more coming up in the next half hour. stay tuned. >> it is the right thing to do. excuse me sir. it's not time for questions, sir. >> a conservative activist shouts down the president. and now one veteran journalist admits some righties just can't stand having a black president. the big panel weighs in next. >>> michigan democrats fight back after being silenced for saying the world vagina. we'll go live to lancing, michigan, for a special edition of "the vagina monologues." >>> and mitt romney has no idea what a doughnut looks like. >> you could see one of the chocolate --a h, goodies, find its way to us. >> and he's never been to a wawa. >> where do you get your hogueys here? >> we'll bring you mitt romney's latest out of touch moment. [ woman ] for the london olympic games, our town had a "brilliant" idea. support team usa and show our olympic spirit right in our own backyard. so we combined our citi thankyou points to make
that's what mitch mcconnell is doing. >> always. great to have you with us. >> thank you. >> there's a lot more coming up in the next half hour. stay tuned. >> it is the right thing to do. excuse me sir. it's not time for questions, sir. >> a conservative activist shouts down the president. and now one veteran journalist admits some righties just can't stand having a black president. the big panel weighs in next. >>> michigan democrats fight back after...
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. >>> mitch mcconnell says he and speaker boehner were the adults in the room on last year's debt ceiling showdown. and keith ellis on wanting their own facts again. you ready? we wanna be our brother's keeper. what's number two we wanna do? bring it up to 90 decatherms. how bout ya, joe? let's go ahead and bring it online. attention on site, attention on site. now starting unit nine. some of the world's cleanest gas turbines are now powering some of america's biggest cities. siemens. answers. >>> folks, we said it many times. you can have your own opinions, but we have to agree on the facts. take, for instance, paul ryan. the republicans say he is a serious guy with serious ideas, and a serious budget. >> the ryan budget sets the bar for the debate going forward. >> this document does begin to address serious fiscal challenges we face. >> congressman paul ryan, who, by the way unlike the president, had the courage to offer serious solutions. >> but it's hard for me to take him seriously when the things he said don't ad up. on sunday he said this. >> the kind of budget that mitt romney is
. >>> mitch mcconnell says he and speaker boehner were the adults in the room on last year's debt ceiling showdown. and keith ellis on wanting their own facts again. you ready? we wanna be our brother's keeper. what's number two we wanna do? bring it up to 90 decatherms. how bout ya, joe? let's go ahead and bring it online. attention on site, attention on site. now starting unit nine. some of the world's cleanest gas turbines are now powering some of america's biggest cities. siemens....
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mcconnell, the senate minority leader, represents. good afternoon, sir. exactly what will it take to get republicans to play ball on this? do you have any idea, sir? you're there. what do they want? >> obviously it keeps changing. what's really clear right now is that they're trying to throw in all sorts of ancillary issues in this fiscal cliff debate and they have nothing to do with it. medicare, medicaid, social security, don't have anything to do with the fiscal cliff and neither does the debt ceiling. this is strictly a matter of statutory provisions that go into effect on january 1st, but they want to burden up this and muddy the water to basically, i think, to refuse to do a deal. >> right. because over in the senate, as i was saying, mitch mcconnell is refusing to even consider the president's proposal to maintain the bush tax cuts for those earning less than $250,000 a year, but to raise taxes on those earning more. now, today short of a sol solution, he offered a series of ideological insults. >> only reasons democrats are insisting on raising ra
mcconnell, the senate minority leader, represents. good afternoon, sir. exactly what will it take to get republicans to play ball on this? do you have any idea, sir? you're there. what do they want? >> obviously it keeps changing. what's really clear right now is that they're trying to throw in all sorts of ancillary issues in this fiscal cliff debate and they have nothing to do with it. medicare, medicaid, social security, don't have anything to do with the fiscal cliff and neither does...
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october 2010, mish mcconnell said his number one priority was what, chip, do you remember. >> i think what mitch mcconnell has done is right. >> he said it was to defeat barack obama. >> look, i understand, tamron. you're talking about bill clinton was successful because he worked with republicans in the house and senate to work for the betterment of the country. i have not seen this out of this president. >> let me talk to you about this, michael, the white male vote. right now 40% president obama. mitt romney 53%. what, if anything, does bill clinton bring to the conversation here and it's i always feel a tad bit unconservatismable when you say white voter and a former president who is white. surely they're not looking to bill clinton to relate just on race. this has to be deeper i hope than that. >> tamron, it's a natural constituency for talk radio. i think i know a little bit about what these folksing are most concerned about. and what i hear through these head sets most often is the debt. they want to talk about the debt. they want to know there's a path out of where we are with
october 2010, mish mcconnell said his number one priority was what, chip, do you remember. >> i think what mitch mcconnell has done is right. >> he said it was to defeat barack obama. >> look, i understand, tamron. you're talking about bill clinton was successful because he worked with republicans in the house and senate to work for the betterment of the country. i have not seen this out of this president. >> let me talk to you about this, michael, the white male vote....
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>>. >> i think senator mcconnell needs to take another look at the report. i severed on that commission. a reduction of $4 trillion came from revenue. it was in the range of $1.6 trillion. >> you talk about 1.6 trillion. there's ways to get there in ways that don't necessarily raise tax rates. you could cap deductions at $35,000 and have the estate tax go back to where it was and get $1.3 million. i'm simply making the point there's a loft ways to get there that don't involve raising tax rates. is that a compromise you'd ever consider? >> you're right, but i think what the president's trying to say is is let's protect working families. those making less than $250,000 a year. no tax increase for them. those making over that amount should pay more in taxes and i think if they've been blessed with success in this great nation, it's not too high a price to ask. we believe this needs to be part of it. it isn't the only part, but an important part is that we have revenue from those who can afford to pay. we can do it either through the rates or deductions in the c
>>. >> i think senator mcconnell needs to take another look at the report. i severed on that commission. a reduction of $4 trillion came from revenue. it was in the range of $1.6 trillion. >> you talk about 1.6 trillion. there's ways to get there in ways that don't necessarily raise tax rates. you could cap deductions at $35,000 and have the estate tax go back to where it was and get $1.3 million. i'm simply making the point there's a loft ways to get there that don't involve...
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mcconnell very well. can you explain to me and his viewers how he believes he and not the president has a mandate, despite democrats increasing their number in the senate, winning the presidential election and not winning the house, mostly because republicans jerry manneded so many districts. >> primarily i'm not sure he believes it but he's saying it because he's talking to a different audience than we are and most of the country is. i think he's in a very difficult spot. i don't think he really faces a serious threat from thinks right in kentucky but he doesn't want to do anything that's going to invite one. meanwhile, his real vulnerability is if he's the one seen blocking a deal that everybody in the country and everybody in both parties wants. so, i think he's trying to negotiate this, sounding tough for his right flank but also i think the important thing to watch is what he does. and if he lets his members, the other 44 republicans in the senate kind of do what they're going to do, make the comprom
mcconnell very well. can you explain to me and his viewers how he believes he and not the president has a mandate, despite democrats increasing their number in the senate, winning the presidential election and not winning the house, mostly because republicans jerry manneded so many districts. >> primarily i'm not sure he believes it but he's saying it because he's talking to a different audience than we are and most of the country is. i think he's in a very difficult spot. i don't think...
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republican senate minority leader rich mitch mcconnell told this whopper of a lie to candy crowley. they've been trying to pretend like the president just showed up yesterday just got sworn in and was starting for a fact it's been in office three years he got everything he wanted from a completely compliant congress for two of those three years were really a completely compliant congress for two of those three years really then why is it the mitch mcconnell himself led his republican minority in the senate to shatter the record for the most filibusters in one session of congress a record that goes all the way back to the george washington administration obama didn't get everything you wanted from congress far from it. from the very beginning he had to negotiate down his stimulus package and make a full third of the tax cuts just to get three republican susan collins olympia snowe and arlen specter on board with it and when it came to health care did president obama really get everything you water from congress he didn't get a public option and he sure as heck didn't get the cornhusk
republican senate minority leader rich mitch mcconnell told this whopper of a lie to candy crowley. they've been trying to pretend like the president just showed up yesterday just got sworn in and was starting for a fact it's been in office three years he got everything he wanted from a completely compliant congress for two of those three years were really a completely compliant congress for two of those three years really then why is it the mitch mcconnell himself led his republican minority...
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pelosi and mcconnell are really going to sort of step into the center stage at this point in time. they are going to be crucial as well as, of course, house speaker john boehner, but really there's going to be a lot of focus right now on the senate because, as you remember, house speaker john boehner tried to get his own bill passed through the house. that didn't happen. he didn't have enough votes, so essentially everything shifts right now to the senate. so harry reid, mitch mcconnell, nancy please elosi on the house to say here are the number of democrats i could get if you offer a compromise package. but this is really a tough situation because there's so little time left and we've already seen the markets impacted by this. so if we do go over the cliff, if you look at the polls, most americans saying republicans will bear the brunt. they will blame republicans, but the bottom line is the president will get a lot of blame as well because this is going to impact a lot of people. >> right. nbc's kristin welker keeping us honest at the white house. we will stand by. thank you. >>
pelosi and mcconnell are really going to sort of step into the center stage at this point in time. they are going to be crucial as well as, of course, house speaker john boehner, but really there's going to be a lot of focus right now on the senate because, as you remember, house speaker john boehner tried to get his own bill passed through the house. that didn't happen. he didn't have enough votes, so essentially everything shifts right now to the senate. so harry reid, mitch mcconnell, nancy...
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senator mcconnell hasn't won an election in a while. and nobody's asking him to step aside. and i said, do you want the whole leadership to step aside? but it's interesting because when something like that happens, remind them that president reagan was elected at 69 and left at 77 from the white house. sam rayburn was 79 years o s ol when he ended being speaker. in the strength we had in the election, we won 25 seats. we didn't net 25 seats but we elected 25% of our caucus is new, younger, women and minorities, 50% of our caucus, women and minorities and lgbt community folks. so we thought it was a great night. the election of the president to protect health care and the rest. increase our numbers in the senate, increase our numbers in the house. so i didn't really know what the point was unless it -- was it about winning? was it about not winning enough seats or was it just about age? >> and a combination of age and gender. you're saying. that it's a different -- >> that was the point. right. it was -- and i -- you know, we all live with each other around here, no offense t
senator mcconnell hasn't won an election in a while. and nobody's asking him to step aside. and i said, do you want the whole leadership to step aside? but it's interesting because when something like that happens, remind them that president reagan was elected at 69 and left at 77 from the white house. sam rayburn was 79 years o s ol when he ended being speaker. in the strength we had in the election, we won 25 seats. we didn't net 25 seats but we elected 25% of our caucus is new, younger,...
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whether mitch mcconnell and more adult members of the members the of the senator can put pressure on the house. if they can't change these fundamental dynamics we're headed in the same direction. >> i think mitch mcconnell is the problem because he's headed for re-election. but i think one of the interesting things that boehner said, is this your moment now, mr. president, now leave. that's both the reality and a little bit of trying to pass the buck. but it's the truth. it is going to be up to the president to go into the negotiations and to lead, and continue to listen and find areas where compromise can be built. it is on his shoulders. >> he has to lead publicly as well. >> yes. >> to sell it? >> he has to sell it. you know, there are a couple -- there aren't a lot of republicans i think that play in regards to public pressure, but there are a few. and the president's going to have to work hard, find points of pressure on those people. >> and willing to absorb some blows. >> remember when he ran against hillary clinton and beat her. hillary clinton had a great idea, self-reliance
whether mitch mcconnell and more adult members of the members the of the senator can put pressure on the house. if they can't change these fundamental dynamics we're headed in the same direction. >> i think mitch mcconnell is the problem because he's headed for re-election. but i think one of the interesting things that boehner said, is this your moment now, mr. president, now leave. that's both the reality and a little bit of trying to pass the buck. but it's the truth. it is going to be...
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but mcconnell recently told bloomberg.com that they don't have any plans to replace, only to repeal. "we would want to more modestly approach health care with more incremental fixes, not a massive republican alternative." the health care law has already stopped discrimination against children with pre-existing conditions. by 2014, it will extend to all adults. republicans like tea party senator jim demint, they want to turn back the clock. >> i can guarantee you people with pre-existing conditions are going to get less health care, lower quality health care under obama care, than they would under a state-run plan. >> do you think they can get less health care under obama care than they did before obama care was enacted? >> they probably will. it will definitely cost more, for everyone, and it will be inefficient and it won't be as patient-focused. >> i have to ask you tonight, senator, are you speaking from experience with that plan you have in the congress? i doubt it. if the supreme court strikes down the affordable care act, health care will be in the lap of the republicans. yes,
but mcconnell recently told bloomberg.com that they don't have any plans to replace, only to repeal. "we would want to more modestly approach health care with more incremental fixes, not a massive republican alternative." the health care law has already stopped discrimination against children with pre-existing conditions. by 2014, it will extend to all adults. republicans like tea party senator jim demint, they want to turn back the clock. >> i can guarantee you people with...
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. >> so what is your answer to what mitch mcconnel said? go after rich people. why do it at all? >> it is good to be with you. i think that the minority leader seems to have a math problem. ending the tax cuts for the rich is worth $1 trillion. i think our government spends a little less than $1 trillion. most people think it is $800 billion. this is a ten-year number. you are $80 billion a year. and this is a outside reach. a lot of guys like myself think you are not going to get it. let me ask you this, david, we have a weak economy, i know jobs are growing but they are growing weekly. what sense does it make to raise taxes on anybody when you have such a weak economy. from a economic, not ideal logical stand n point, what sense does it make? >> well, you know larlarry, the labor movement thinks that jobs are the number one agenda here, as you well know, we have had this conversation about your need to do something to get our finances in better shape, the way to do that with the least amount of damage to our economy, is to end the bush tax cuts for the wealthy for those making
. >> so what is your answer to what mitch mcconnel said? go after rich people. why do it at all? >> it is good to be with you. i think that the minority leader seems to have a math problem. ending the tax cuts for the rich is worth $1 trillion. i think our government spends a little less than $1 trillion. most people think it is $800 billion. this is a ten-year number. you are $80 billion a year. and this is a outside reach. a lot of guys like myself think you are not going to get...
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speaker boehner, senator minority leader mitch mcconnell, paul ryan. all of them saying they will fight the president on taxes. all of them saying the president doesn't have a mandate. but president obama has something to say about that. >> i have one mandate. i have a mandate to help middle class families and families that are working hard to try to get into the middle class. that's my mandate. >> this is a clear message. it's what americans voted for a week ago. are you sure you want this fight, republicans? democrat from pennsylvania chuck fatah and ezra klein, msnbc policy analyst. he's writing about the fight over taxes today and the piece is called "the big question: how, not whether, to raise taxes." thank you for joining me tonight. >> thank you. >> good to be here. >> congressman, do you think republicans will make a deal or is this 2010 with the tea party all over again? >> well, what the public needs to understand is the income tax system is not fair to them. there is a report done by the congress each year by the joint committee on taxation
speaker boehner, senator minority leader mitch mcconnell, paul ryan. all of them saying they will fight the president on taxes. all of them saying the president doesn't have a mandate. but president obama has something to say about that. >> i have one mandate. i have a mandate to help middle class families and families that are working hard to try to get into the middle class. that's my mandate. >> this is a clear message. it's what americans voted for a week ago. are you sure you...
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you have senate leader for your party mitch mcconnell. they're both saying, hang on, he needs to get in there and negotiate. but i want to point this out, congresswoman, let me point this out, this is from erskine bowles today. we talked about ad nauseam of the simpson/bowles debt committee and this is erskine bowles about to meet with the president yesterday, and he later said that the president expressed flexibility on tax rates. let me quote him, bowles is quoted as saying, i didn't sense it, i heard it. he went on to say, quote, the white house really believes at its core that new tax revenue ought to come from the wealthy. but, according to "usa today," he went on to say the president is open to republican alternatives. open to republican alternatives. you're there on the hill. are you hearing anything like that? >> we have not been invited to present those alternatives and we do have them. cleaning up the tax code is a great place to begin. and looking at what you're going to do with closing some of these loopholes. we all know that
you have senate leader for your party mitch mcconnell. they're both saying, hang on, he needs to get in there and negotiate. but i want to point this out, congresswoman, let me point this out, this is from erskine bowles today. we talked about ad nauseam of the simpson/bowles debt committee and this is erskine bowles about to meet with the president yesterday, and he later said that the president expressed flexibility on tax rates. let me quote him, bowles is quoted as saying, i didn't sense...
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in the senate, they don't need anything for mcconnell. he can stand up and speak against it all day, as long as six or seven republicans vote with the democrats. boehner has to bring up the bill and allow it to occur. that's a totally different dynamic for him. >> to your point at the beginning of this, this was an appearance of conciliatory language. the devil is in the details. he is going to have to find a way to get his conference, which has not been willing to engage on these issues in the past to do so here. he has more impetus to do it now because of legacy and the reality this is politically unpopular at the moment to where the republican party has been. they need to move forward in a different way, and that rga meeting where you saw governors say the people have spoken, they're all feeling this. >> ken conrad retiring, democrat said today about these republicans talking about revenues and how unprecedented it is to his ear. >> revenue is the issue. i've been involved, as you know, in intensive negotiations with republicans and th
in the senate, they don't need anything for mcconnell. he can stand up and speak against it all day, as long as six or seven republicans vote with the democrats. boehner has to bring up the bill and allow it to occur. that's a totally different dynamic for him. >> to your point at the beginning of this, this was an appearance of conciliatory language. the devil is in the details. he is going to have to find a way to get his conference, which has not been willing to engage on these issues...